BBC News BBC News - Microsoft Azure faults knock websites offline: "Microsoft Azure's status page says problems began at 00:52 GMT across the globe. Its European operations are taking the longest to fix. Access to Microsoft's Office 365 online suite of apps and its Xbox Live gaming facility are among services affected. The faults could set back the company's efforts to sell Azure. Microsoft is attempting to make gains on the market leader, Amazon Web Services, as well as IBM, Google and others offering rival products."

Wall Street JournalAmazon Deploys Robot Army for the Holidays
Wall Street Journal
The robots are the fruits of Amazon's 2012 purchase of Kiva Systems Inc. for ... After the acquisition,Amazon stopped selling Kiva robots to other ... Kiva was founded in 2003 by Mick Mountz, a former executive at Apple Inc. and ...